Thursday, December 18, 2014

Time for our final challenge of the year at Southern Girls challenge and our challenge is of course Christmas. Our sponsors this challenge are

I used Christmas Couple from Rick St Dennis

I decided to go against the norm and make a black and white Christmas card with just a hint of colour! I'm not quite sure if I pulled it off, perhaps I could have added a bit more colour to the image. I then just added some die cut snowflakes and the ribbon!

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Today is the Debut of Elisabeth Bell's newest line of stamps, and to celebrate, we are having a blog hop!!!

This is the first, of many releases, of "Lissy Bee Stamps" being presented to you by The Lissy Bee Stamps DT.We are all so excited about this brand new adventure. After hopping with us today, we're sure that you will be just as excited as we are.

What's a blog hop without prizes right! Well, we have them!!! So make sure to leave comments along the way. Your final stop will be the "Queen Bee" herself, Elisabeth Bell's Blog (last on the list) so please make sure to leave her some love and let her know what you think!

So before I share my creations using two of the adorable LissyBee Stamps let's just make sure you are in the right place. You should have arrived from Julie's blog, where I am sure you were blown away. If you didn't and want to join in the hop for a chance to win some fab prizes, then head back to the Digi Bell's Blog where the fun kicks off.

Ok,Lets Get Hopping, Shall we?

Let me introduce you to ROSEBUD. This adorable image was coloured in with tria markers to match the papers. I added some die cut flowers, kindyglitz and rhinestones and pulled out the shrinky dink paper and made the butterflies!

And this beauty is CLEMENTINE. I absolutely loved colouring her up, with my trias to match the papers! I added the die cut flowers and the buttons.

Don't forget to comment at each stop as there are some fab prizes up for grabs.

We will pick ONE lucky winnerwho will win THREE stamps of their choice from the "Bee My Friend" collection, PLUS a Digital Stamp of your choice from Elisabeth Bells Digital Collection. AND....Two lucky commenters will be chosenat random from 2 of our DT Blog comments to win ONE stamp of their choice.

Monday, December 15, 2014

It is with a little sadness that I write this post as it is our last ever challenge at Seems a Little Sketchy. I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this design team but unfortunately with declining numbers joining in with our challenge we felt that it was time to let it go.....
So here are the details of our final challenge which will go for 3 weeks...
Our sponsor:

Our Sketch:

My card:

I coloured Penny's Pudding in with tria markers. I used papers from a Kaisercraft Christmas Pad, following the sketch, adding the sentiment from the same paper pad and the buttons!

I hope that you will find some time over this busy period to join us for our last ever challenge at Seems a Little Sketchy!

Monday, December 8, 2014

Hello and Welcome to our last challenge of the year at Craft Your Passion. We are taking a break till early next year so that we can all get ready for the silly season. So please join us in our last challenge - creating something using Non-Traditional Christmas colours.
Our sponsor this week is

and we were lucky enough to use some of their images!!

I coloured this fab snowman image in with tria markers and added some kindyglitz for a bit of sparkle! I then used all the diecut embellishments from a kaisercraft paper pad set, adding kindyglitz and buttons to finish off the card!

I hope that you will join us at Craft Your Passion for our final challenge of the year and we hope you will come back and join in our challenges next year when we kick off with our first challenge on January 5th!

Sunday, December 7, 2014

It is my turn to post over on The Digi Bell's blog, so I have a super quick post to share with you as it is nearly 1am here!
I have used Rachel, Little Angel which I have not used for quite a while and I forgot how cute she is!

I decided to keep this CAS because I liked the look of it and din't think I needed to add anything else! I coloured Rachel, Little Angel in with tria markers and added kindyglitz to her wings! I used a border punch on the green spotty paper, then just added the die cut flowers with rhinestones and placed Rachel, Little Angel on a die cut oval.

Time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and this week our challenge is "Christmas Presents" We are sponsored byStitchy Bears this challenge and we were lucky enough to be able to create with some of their images!

I coloured this sweet image in with tria markers, then used some scrap papers to pull the card together. I added the ribbon and the heart button. The sentiment is also from Stitchy Bears!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Hopefully this has posted as scheduled as I am away on school camp with my son for a couple of days!
It is great that you have stopped by today as we are celebrating at Southern Girls Challenge as this is our 100thchallenge. So both teams have created something for our "Celebrations" challenge using images from our sponsor:

Sorry about the poor quality of photo, took it at night and have not had another chance to retake the photo. I coloured the image in with tria markers and added kindyglitz. I embossed the purple cardstock with happy birthday, die cut the heart banner and cut it in two and added hearts to the side of the image. I finished off the card with the rik rak, buttons and rhinestones!

I hope that you will join us at Southern Girls this challenge and share your celebration cards!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Wow, can you believe Christmas is only one month away.... My Christmas shopping is nearly all done but not ready in any other way :(
So it is time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell's World and this month we would love to see your Christmas creations featuring any of the amazing Elisabeth Bell images.
I created a card using Christmas Light which was once sold at Whiff of Joy:

This didn't turn out at all like I had planned but I still love it! I coloured Christmas Light in with tria markers. I originally had her mounted on a diecut oval but I just wasn't happy with it. So instead I stuck her on foam dots then placed the rhinestones around her. I didn't have white cardstock to make a folded card so instead cut up these pieces of white card stock and joined them with eyelets and ribbon. To finish off the card I added the Merry Christmas sentiment and the buttons and inked around the edges of the card!.

Monday, November 24, 2014

It's time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and our theme this week is "Baby It's Cold Outside". You don't necessarily have to make a Christmas creation, anything that represents the cold - an image, embellishments, papers etc!
This week we are sponsored by

Here is my creation

I coloured Snow Cuddles in with tria markers and added kindyglitz to the fur on her coat. The paper was from my scrap stash (which never seems to end, lol), then added the ribbon, the snowflakes (both buttons and diecuts and the big button! I really love the way it turned out.

Hi. It's time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and this week we would like to see your creations with a Pumpkin or a Turkey on it! I'm guessing it's coming up to Thanksgiving soon. We don't celebrate that here in Oz so I decided to choose a halloween image from our sponsor this week:

The base of my card is embossed spotty paper from my scrap stash. I then added the orange paper to lift the image off the black and grey. I coloured the image in with tria markers and I coloured in the cute little halloween characters twice so they could pop off the page. I then added the ribbon and the buttons (which I actually thought were purple till I saw the photo).
I hope that you can join us this week at Craft Your Passion.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Time for a new challenge and for a change I have been totally organised with this card made last week and now a pre-scheduled post... I wonder how long I can keep this up..lol
Anyway, the challenge at Craft Your Passion this week is Something Beginning with B. Our sponsor this week is Diane's Daydream Designs.
Now being that I made this card at 1am and thought I was making it for a different challenge I had to add a couple of B things and I'm probably clutching at straws... So my B things are Bling (rhinestones) and Buttons (The little snowflakes).

I used this pre-coloured image from Diane's Daydream Designsas well as the small buckets of snowballs. I also used the DDD sentiment. I then added the diecut snowflakes with some Bling, added the buttons, then used distress stickles on the Snowballs.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Hello, it is my turn again to post over on The Digi Bell's Blog. I have actually been a bit organised this past week so I had this card finished yesterday rather than sitting up to 2am making a quick card!
Before I share my card I thought I would share another sneak peek from Lissy Bee's upcoming new stamp release! We are very excited about Elisabeth Bells new venture (Lissy bee Stamps) and you will be too when you see the adorable images that will be released on the 15th Dec!
So here it is:

Now onto my card for my post today!

I have used Christmas Bells again this week and again used some freebie elements from Michele R Designs. I coloured Christmas Bellsfrom Elisabeth Bells digital collection (home of all things adorable)! with tria markers and used distress stickles on the fur collar of her jacket, dress and boots! The tags, sentiment and tickets are from Michele R Designs.I then finished off the card with some buttons and ribbon and used crystal effects on the holly on the tag and the sentiment! I also added some rhinestones and kindyglitz for some sparkle!.

Well I am hoping to get an early night before work tomorrow so I will sign off for now!

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Many of you may already know that Elisabeth Bell has ventured into the Stamp production realm of the crafting world. Not only is she the most talented illustrator, and mastermind behind all of your favourite Elisabeth Bell Designs, but she will soon be launching her own company with new releases every other month.

"Lissy Bee Stamps"

The grand opening will be on December 15th, beginning with a blog hop featuring the first 6 stamps to be released.

Stay tuned as there will be more updates as the time comes closer.

For now, how about a little sneak peek of what's coming next month.

Over the next 5 days I will continue to share with you sneak peeks of some of the other adorable images.

Elisabeth Bell will be posting more as time goes on, over on her Facebook Page.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and our challenge this week is Bright and Sparkly. We are sponosred by

I used this sweet image from Inky Impressions and coloured her in with tria markers. I added distress stickles and kindyglitz to the image for the sparkly part of the challenge! I also coloured the stars on her headband with glitterpen. All the papers are from a Kaisercraft Christmas Paper Pad, I then added the snowflakes with the rhinestones.

I am a SAHM to two beautiful boys who are my whole world!! I started this blog as I wanted to share my creations with more people in the hope that I could inspire some of you as I have been inspired by looking at your blogs!! Enjoy looking around!! xx